Young Layla finds first love, and even tense, haunted Bahar seems to be less nervous.Īnd in the stand-up-comedian-turned-priest Father Fergal Mahoney, the gentle, lonely widow Estelle Delmonico, and the headstrong hairdresser Fiona Athey, the sisters find a merry band of supporters against the close-minded opposition of less welcoming villagers stuck in their ways. Marjan is thrilled with the demand for her red lentil soup, abgusht stew, and rosewater baklava–and with the transformation in her sisters. After trying to buy the old pastry shop for years and failing, Thomas is enraged to find it occupied–and by foreigners, no less.īut the mysterious, spicy fragrances work their magic on the townsfolk, and soon, business is booming. And it is an affront to the senses of Ballinacroagh’s uncrowned king, Thomas McGuire. Soon sensuous wafts of cardamom, cinnamon, and saffron float through the streets–an exotic aroma that announces the opening of the Babylon Café, and a shock to a town that generally subsists on boiled cabbage and Guinness served at the local tavern. It has been seven years since Marjan Aminpour fled Iran with her younger sisters, Bahar and Layla, and she hopes that in Ballinacroagh, a land of “crazed sheep and dizzying roads,” they might finally find a home.įrom the kitchen of an old pastry shop on Main Mall, the sisters set about creating a Persian oasis.
To the exotic Aminpour sisters, Ireland looks like a much-needed safe haven. Beneath the holy mountain Croagh Patrick, in damp and lovely County Mayo, sits the small, sheltered village of Ballinacroagh.
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